1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election

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1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election
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  1869 November 7, 1871 1873  
  Cadwallader Colden Washburn.jpg James rood doolittle.jpg
Nominee Cadwallader C. Washburn James Rood Doolittle
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote78,30168,910
Percentage53.17%46.79%

1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
County results
Washburn :     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Doolittle :     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%

Governor before election

Lucius Fairchild
Republican

Elected Governor

Cadwallader C. Washburn
Republican

The 1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1871. Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn was elected with 53% of the vote, defeating Democratic candidate James Rood Doolittle. [1] Incumbent Governor Lucius Fairchild did not seek re-election.

Contents

Both major party candidates in this election had served as delegates to the Peace Conference of 1861 which attempted to avert the American Civil War.

Nominations

Republican party

Cadwallader C. Washburn had just left office as Congressman for Wisconsin's 6th congressional district, having served a total of ten years in the United States House of Representatives. Between his years in Congress, Washburn had served as a Union Army general in the Civil War under Ulysses S. Grant.

Democratic party

James Rood Doolittle had served twelve years as a Republican United States Senator before becoming the Democratic Party's nominee for Governor in the 1871 election. Prior to his service in the U.S. Senate, Doolittle had been a Wisconsin Circuit Court Judge.

Results

1871 Wisconsin gubernatorial election [2] [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Republican Cadwallader C. Washburn 78,301 53.17% +0.02%
Democratic James Rood Doolittle 68,91046.79%−0.04%
Scattering630.04%
Majority9,3916.38%
Total votes147,274 100.00%
Republican hold Swing +0.06%

Results by county

County [2] [3] C. C. Washburn
Republican
James R. Doolittle
Democratic
Scattering
Write-in
MarginTotal votes cast
# %# %# %# %
Adams 71972.19%27727.81%00.00%44244.38%996
Ashland 4071.43%1628.57%00.00%2442.86%56
Barron 16982.84%3517.16%00.00%13465.69%204
Bayfield 7566.37%3833.63%00.00%3732.74%113
Brown 1,33543.43%1,73956.57%00.00%-404-13.14%3,074
Buffalo 1,15669.51%50730.49%00.00%64939.03%1,663
Burnett 19890.00%2210.00%00.00%17680.00%220
Calumet 63635.83%1,13964.17%00.00%-503-28.34%1,775
Chippewa 69644.99%85155.01%00.00%-155-10.02%1,547
Clark 37770.86%15428.95%10.19%22341.92%532
Columbia 2,24858.69%1,57941.23%30.08%66917.47%3,830
Crawford 81447.00%91652.89%20.12%-102-5.89%1,732
Dane 4,17151.88%3,86548.08%30.04%3063.81%8,039
Dodge 2,53835.68%4,57564.32%00.00%-2,037-28.64%7,113
Door 57877.17%16622.16%50.67%41255.01%749
Douglas 5845.67%6954.33%00.00%-11-8.66%127
Dunn 1,13368.42%52331.58%00.00%61036.84%1,656
Eau Claire 1,40961.26%89038.70%10.04%51922.57%2,300
Fond du Lac 3,59648.13%3,87551.86%10.01%-279-3.73%7,472
Grant 3,15461.54%1,97138.46%00.00%1,18323.08%5,125
Green 1,75765.29%93434.71%00.00%82330.58%2,691
Green Lake 1,29968.05%61031.95%00.00%68936.09%1,909
Iowa 1,45747.15%1,63252.82%10.03%-175-5.66%3,090
Jackson 66864.98%35634.63%40.39%31230.35%1,028
Jefferson 2,22543.66%2,86756.26%40.08%-642-12.60%5,096
Juneau 1,08056.54%82943.40%10.05%25113.14%1,910
Kenosha 1,05153.84%90146.16%00.00%1507.68%1,952
Kewaunee 36135.05%66964.95%00.00%-308-29.90%1,030
La Crosse 1,79856.67%1,37443.30%10.03%42413.36%3,173
Lafayette 1,61650.06%1,61249.94%00.00%40.12%3,228
Manitowoc 1,45244.09%1,83355.66%80.24%-381-11.57%3,293
Marathon 21821.80%78078.00%20.20%-562-56.20%1,000
Marquette 53235.40%97164.60%00.00%-439-29.21%1,503
Milwaukee 3,69039.58%5,63160.41%10.01%-1,941-20.82%9,322
Monroe 1,20956.95%91443.05%00.00%29513.90%2,123
Oconto 66268.11%31031.89%00.00%35236.21%972
Outagamie 1,21941.11%1,74658.89%00.00%-527-17.77%2,965
Ozaukee 29515.75%1,57484.04%40.21%-1,279-68.29%1,873
Pepin 57770.88%23729.12%00.00%34041.77%814
Pierce 1,22869.61%53430.27%20.11%69439.34%1,764
Polk 56175.50%18224.50%00.00%37951.01%743
Portage 89962.69%53537.31%00.00%36425.38%1,434
Racine 2,07355.55%1,65944.45%00.00%41411.09%3,732
Richland 1,40158.11%1,00941.85%10.04%39216.26%2,411
Rock 3,66170.88%1,50429.12%00.00%2,15741.76%5,165
Sauk 1,83267.28%89132.72%00.00%94134.56%2,723
Shawano 19142.35%25957.43%10.22%-68-15.08%451
Sheboygan 1,92749.75%1,94350.17%30.08%-16-0.41%3,873
St. Croix 1,18153.76%1,01546.20%10.05%1667.56%2,197
Trempealeau 98877.01%29422.92%10.08%69454.09%1,283
Vernon 1,68680.21%41619.79%00.00%1,27060.42%2,102
Walworth 2,90869.59%1,27030.39%10.02%1,63839.20%4,179
Washington 66621.90%2,37177.97%40.13%-1,705-56.07%3,041
Waukesha 2,41348.82%2,52951.16%10.02%-116-2.35%4,943
Waupaca 1,57565.46%83134.54%00.00%74430.92%2,406
Waushara 1,50081.34%34418.66%00.00%1,15662.69%1,844
Winnebago 3,00559.74%2,01940.14%60.12%98619.60%5,030
Wood 34050.90%32849.10%00.00%121.80%668
Total78,30153.17%68,910 [lower-alpha 1] 46.79%630.04%9,3916.38%147,274

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. The county figures add up to 68,920

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References

  1. Joint Committee on Legislative Organization, Wisconsin Legislature (2015). Wisconsin Blue Book 2015–2016. Madison, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Department of Administration. pp. 699–701. ISBN   978-0-9752820-7-6.
  2. 1 2 Wisconsin Historical Society, Tabular Statement of the Votes polled for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, State Superintendent, State Prison Commissioner and State Commissioner of Immigration and on the question of the proposed Amendment to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin, at a General Election held in the several Towns, Wards and Election Precincts in the several counties in said State on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday, being the seventh day of November, 1871
  3. 1 2 Wisconsin Secretary of State (1872). "Appendix "L"". Annual Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Wisconsin for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30th, 1872. Madison, Wisconsin: Atwood & Culver, Printers & Stereotypers. pp. 175–177.